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Oil and Gas Reserves

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Energy – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 June 1991.

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Photo of Frank Doran Frank Doran Shadow Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change) 12:00, 17 June 1991

First I welcome the initial statement made by the Minister. Opposition Members share his optimism for the North sea. Is he aware that production will continue to demand the highest possible level of encouragement from the Government? Does he share my anxiety that the Geological Society, which has been engaged in mapping the seabed in the most prospective areas, is to have its contract with the Department of Energy terminated in the next two years, even though it is about to embark on surveying areas in the north-west of Scotland where we have high hopes for further reserves of hydrocarbons?

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